Thanks Carol (of Just Let Me Quilt) for hosting this blog hop. It is hard to create for guys, so I am hoping to find more inspiration for the future as I hop along to see what the other bloggers have made for this blog hop.
I decided to make a water bottle sling in a train signage fabric for my guy thing. All the guys I know love trains (my grandson, husband and brother), so it must be a guy thing to love trains. It can also be a gal thing to love trains or to make this water bottle sling in other fabric choices (which I will also show you at the end of this post too). Having a great water bottle bag is really a human thing to keep you hydrated, especially during the summer months, which some places have been having excessive heat breaking temperatures this summer.
The bag measures 11" high at the tallest and have an oval bottom that is 6" wide x 4". This bag is great because it can carry up to a 32 ounce size water bottle in the main area, which is lined with waterproof canvas so if the bottle sweats, you can just wipe out the moisture. Unzip the 8" high zipper front pocket and inside are 2 slip pockets, a pen pocket and space in between. The slip pockets are great for carrying your phone (it can hold an iPhone8+), and a passport. This can be made with credit card slots instead of one of the slip pockets, but I prefer a small wallet that can be removed for finding what card you need or left out of the bag when not needed, that way it's more versatile. For the women's bags, I like to make a matching wallet, but I don't for the guy's bag, unless requested. They can easily just place the needed cards and cash in a slip pocket.
The adjustable strap makes it nice to wear across the body or make shorter for carrying on the shoulder. Inside the main part of the bag where the bottle goes, I used a waterproof canvas so if the bottle sweats, it can be wiped out and won't get absorbed into the zipper pocket area. In the colder months, you could carry a bottle filled with coffee or tea instead of water. Or remove the bottle and use to carry other items needed for the day. After using the one I made one morning, I decided I needed to also make a removable padded strap pad to make wearing it with a heavy water bottle or all day more comfortable, so now I am including a padded strap pad as well.
I got a request to make a custom water bottle bag using Tim Holtz ticket fabric. Even though this was requested by a female, this fabric would work for a guy too. I added a little wallet for her and the padded shoulder pad. (I still need to make a padded shoulder pad for the train signage fabric). I have a couple more of these I made (one for myself) that I will share soon too. Those are made in fabrics that are more of a gal thing though, so will share soon.
These bags would be great for a day hike, an outing, going to a theme park, a quilt show, an exercise class, etc. They make fabulous gifts too. Check my Etsy Shop to see what I have available, or contact me if you want a water bottle bag made with a certain color or print in mind, with credit card pockets or a removeable little wallet, a 2-color strap or single color strap, and choice of 7 waterproof canvas lining colors.
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| The train signage fabric is great for a guy (or a gal). |
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| The main compartment can hold up to a 32 ounce bottle. The gray waterproof canvas assures that nothing will get wet inside the zipper front pocket. |
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| Inside the zipper pocket are 2 slip pockets and a pen pocket. Either pocket can hold a phone or passport, cash, cards and since this doesn't fully unzip for safety reasons, you can place something in the center between the pockets too, like your keys. |
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| Gray waterproof canvas interior lining. |
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| Tim Holtz ticket fabric. |
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| I added the removeable shoulder pad to make it more comfortable to wear with heavy bottle or for extended periods of time. I also made a 2-fabric strap. |
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| Inside is a pen pocket and 2 larger slip pockets to hold a phone, passport, and the little wallet I made that matches. |
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| Matching little wallet. |
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| 3 pockets inside the wallet for holding a license, cash, cards. |
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| This bag also was lined in gray waterproof canvas. |
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| I quilted the bottom of the bags to hold the heavyweight interfacing in place. Both the lining and the exterior are quilted. |
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| Closer look at the removeable padded shoulder pad. |
I hope you enjoyed what I created. Now check out the rest of today's blogger's and what they created.
Here is the entire schedule in case you missed any. The link takes you to the blog, not the post, so if you are a day late, you might have to look around to find what these bloggers posted for the It's a Guy Thing blog hop in case they have been posting more things after they posted for the hop.
July 26
July 27
Becky’s Adventures in Quilting and Travel
July 28
July 29
July 30
Patchouli Moon Studio (you are here)
Thanks for visiting. I hope you have enjoyed visiting all the blogs and found some great ideas and inspiration.
